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Mode of Death

Definition

The physiological mechanism by which death occurred: coma (cerebral failure), asphyxia (respiratory failure), or syncope (cardiac and circulatory failure).

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Cause of Death
The disease or injury directly responsible for death. Recorded by the pathologist on the death certificate, it is distinct from manner of...
Custodial Death
Death of a person in police custody, judicial custody, prison, military custody, or psychiatric institution, including transit between facilities.
Magisterial Inquest
Inquest conducted by an Executive Magistrate under BNSS Section 198 in custodial death, jail death, dowry death within seven years of marriage,...
Manner of Death
The circumstantial classification of a death using the NAME five-category scheme (natural, accident, suicide, homicide, undetermined), or the jurisdiction-specific equivalent, recorded separately...
NHRC Custodial Death Protocol
The set of guidelines (1993, 1995, 2003) requiring reporting within 24 hours, video-recorded autopsy, two-doctor panel, and forwarding of viscera and reports...

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